Installing Hiace Grandia Foglamps on a Commuter model

[OTEP]

And they said it could not be done. The Banawe dealers were even hesitant to sell us a set. But once again, Jemson delivers. It was his first time and it took us 7 hours to do it (including brainstorming and parts searching) but in the end we were successful. Future installs will be faster. The secret was using a heat gun to slowly mold the air intake tube. Sure, it might be a bit more restrictive but the stock intake is already a convoluted piece of pipe and the Hiace ain't no race car. Hiace Commuter owners, now you know where to go to get your fog lamps installed. You can buy your own foglamps in Banawe. SRP is Php4,000 before you haggle.

Here are some photos.

Fogray Foglamps:


Where the interference between foglamp and intake hose occurs:


Stock intake pipe/snorkel:


The proof is in the pudding:


Foglamp installed and Jemson working overtime:



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[vinj]

Nice to know nagawa pards... whole day sa Banawe ah. :D Sayang i had to leave you guys nung tanghali since may preschool duties pa ako. I'll be going back next week for the horn relay (i'm thinking i'll hook up my stock horn for the alarm warning instead of the FIAMM).

Where did you get the fog lamps?

Good job to Jemson and co.

[OTEP]

Maizone galing, c/o Jemsons niece. And matinding tawaran powers. Hehe

[jovill]

Magkano haggled price doc?

[OTEP]

Php3600 kay autospecs, 3500 ata yung Maizone. Di ko na gano maalala basta 4k with install. Kasama na pag mod ng intake.

[mikomac]

same brand nung sakin c/o maizone. matinding baratan at tawaran din nagawa ko bago ko nakuha. from 2,700 to 2,200 ;) pero hindi hi-ace ah. =)

[OTEP]

Mas mahal sa hiace. Yun sa iyo at corolla ang magka price. Kasama ko si vinj bumili for his corolla.

[vinj]

Funny how all the fog lamps for the Toyotas now are the same it seems; nagkaiba lang sa bracket/mounting. Talk about economies of scale.

[kevin3000]

namiss ko tuloy yung hiace namin.. ang hirap hanapan ng foglamps noon

[jovill]

namiss ko tuloy yung hiace namin.. ang hirap hanapan ng foglamps noon

Binenta mo na yung commuter mo sir? Sayang upgraded seats na yun di ba?

[greatauror28]

Nice job on the fogs! Too bad Jemson didn't popup on my mind the time Autobachs Banawe told me that the OEM fogs won't fit because of the air intake I even insisted and let them take apart the bumper and mount the fogs, only to dismayed as the bumper cannot be fastened because of the stupid toyota design (does Toyota know that '11 Commuter owners won't fit fogs in them? )

Now, for all mods that I will need, i'll keep in mind Jemson